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Re: The best flashlight ever?

Hello everybody - let me begin by saying I honestly had no idea what I was getting myself into with this little flashlight design of mine.

To answer the immediate questions and remarks above: no, this is probably not literally the best flashlight ever. I tend to use such colloquial terms with many of my designs just to invoke a bit of humor and, in this case, controversy as well. You see, I make lamps. Google Luke Lamp Co. and you'll see some of the stuff I've made. I never meant this design to appeal to the hardcore flashlight folks - as the thread above clearly indicates I wouldn't have a chance anyways, you guys are some harsh critics ; )

Anyhow I like simply making things that look sweet, work well, and serve some unique purposes. With this light, as mentioned on my Kickstarter page, I started with a rugged and simple Streamlight LED light, then worked a handmade wood and steel shaft around it to give it a cool look, substantial feel, and some neat add ons with the threaded tip. I've got some lamp stand designs in the works which will allow the light the thread into the base and make a little bedside lamp, etc. so that'll be cool too.

To the point above about reporting me to someone's legal department I reiterate what I said above: I had no friggin clue what I was getting myself into with this. However, it is all legally ok. It's considered a "value-added" design or something like that. Plus SureFire (not Streamlight) contacted me six days after I posted my project and we're currently in talks about cobranding a design so that's one neat thing at least : )

I'll stop rambling now but I figured I may as well chime in on this discussion. I work at a psychiatric hospital so I've gotten a pretty tough skin - however I ask that we keep things to helpful feedback instead of hatin' on my humble little design that certainly doesn't claim to be anything it is not.

I shall now hold my breath and await whatever is about to come my way : )

Re: The best flashlight ever?

Originally Posted by Lukelampco

Hello everybody - let me begin by saying I honestly had no idea what I was getting myself into with this little flashlight design of mine.

To answer the immediate questions and remarks above: no, this is probably not literally the best flashlight ever. I tend to use such colloquial terms with many of my designs just to invoke a bit of humor and, in this case, controversy as well. You see, I make lamps. Google Luke Lamp Co. and you'll see some of the stuff I've made. I never meant this design to appeal to the hardcore flashlight folks - as the thread above clearly indicates I wouldn't have a chance anyways, you guys are some harsh critics ; )

Anyhow I like simply making things that look sweet, work well, and serve some unique purposes. With this light, as mentioned on my Kickstarter page, I started with a rugged and simple Streamlight LED light, then worked a handmade wood and steel shaft around it to give it a cool look, substantial feel, and some neat add ons with the threaded tip. I've got some lamp stand designs in the works which will allow the light the thread into the base and make a little bedside lamp, etc. so that'll be cool too.

To the point above about reporting me to someone's legal department I reiterate what I said above: I had no friggin clue what I was getting myself into with this. However, it is all legally ok. It's considered a "value-added" design or something like that. Plus SureFire (not Streamlight) contacted me six days after I posted my project and we're currently in talks about cobranding a design so that's one neat thing at least : )

I'll stop rambling now but I figured I may as well chime in on this discussion. I work at a psychiatric hospital so I've gotten a pretty tough skin - however I ask that we keep things to helpful feedback instead of hatin' on my humble little design that certainly doesn't claim to be anything it is not.

I shall now hold my breath and await whatever is about to come my way : )

Re: The best flashlight ever?

I think that the use of AAAA cells puts some harsh limits on what you can do. Rechargeable AAAAs are hard to come by, and they aren't much smaller than AAAs or a smaller Li-Ion cell. Smaller alkies = lower current limit and capacity, and that's just a pain. Of course, in a wooden body there are heat limits, and I don't know what your thermal path looks like. I wonder if you could lower your personal cost to manufacture using some of the 'built in a pipe' LED technology described in the homebuilt forum here (Rather than a streamlight module)?

Re: The best flashlight ever?

Yes... why AAAA's? Even I don't know where I could find some...

I kinda like how it looks like a wooden candle when screwed in the base (although I would be afraid to scratch my table or night stand with the base itself) , but it would be a lot better if the switch was actually lit... kinda like a real candle

Re: The best flashlight ever?

Originally Posted by sojah

Not quite sure about the claim, but I like the sustainability of it as long as he's using steel parts that would otherwise be thrown away.

He bought a fully-assembled flashlight that required industrial equipment (and probably fossil fuels) to manufacture, then put it inside a stick. It would be more sustainable to leave the flashlight as-is and use the sticks to mulch a garden. There's nothing wrong with innovation, but let's not start attaching buzzwords just yet.

Re: The best flashlight ever?

Wow, now I've got wood...

Oh, and about the link to that Sanyo lamp in post 15: It says there's an accelerometer inside to let the light switch between lamp mode and flashlight mode -- neat. However, it also states that it goes into flashlight mode if the lamp is turned 90 degrees or more... I guess you can only look at ceilings and walls in flashlight mode, nothing on the floor.

Re: The best flashlight ever?

I think he's either doing a psychology or marketing experiment through kickstarter, or is sorely lacking in feedback -not just on this project.

That actually sounds pretty plausible. It does look like a college project for determining if people will pay more for a product plus useless gimmicks than they would pay for the product alone. I, being someone who buys a medium-size combo meal instead of a large even though the large is only a few cents more, am an outlier in his market demographic.

Re: The best flashlight ever?

Originally Posted by fyrstormer

That actually sounds pretty plausible. It does look like a college project for determining if people will pay more for a product plus useless gimmicks than they would pay for the product alone. I, being someone who buys a medium-size combo meal instead of a large even though the large is only a few cents more, am an outlier in his market demographic.

Paying for more than you'll use is only waste, in my book.

Originally Posted by craigshipp

I'm guessing it might float. That's one good thing.

No, floating the streamlight module alone would take a decent chunk of 2x4. Then the pipe bits, and batteries...

Re: The best flashlight ever?

Yeah, taking a flashlight and sticking it into a stick is not that innovative in of itself, unless you want brownie points for being the first to want to.

I mean, why not just take a Surefire, etc...and stab it into the wall, presto A WALL LIGHT! Add the pressure switch to the outside of the wall, and you now have a wall light with a wall switch.

Want a ceiling light? - Stab it into the ceiling.

And so forth.

Someone here put a light in the crotch of a tree many years ago, and visited it taking pictures as the tree grew over the light...so, over time, you'd have a light in a tree naturally...not inserted into a drilled hole, etc.

THAT would be a more interesting lamp to me at least, but I would think the production times would make backorders a nightmare.